Klatt wrote:So he would get 12M bonus now, 2M over the next season, and 12M bonus on July 1, 2013, all before Nashville will be able to trade him. Hell, the season could be cancelled, and Nashville would still be paying those bonuses before they could trade him.

Why would they want to trade him?

The Preds wanted to Keep all of their players, this deal is obviously more money up front then they wanted to spend but it's really just a cash flow thing and interest rates are super low.

Nashville mush have known that they couldn't keep Suter and Weber with out at least some front loading so unless their management has been full of crap the past few months then the cash is available.

Preds will match and Weber will most likely play there until the late stages of his career.

What a great move by Holmgren!

Again, unless the Preds have totally miss represented their financial position I don't see how this is a great move.

I see the Preds matching and if that happens I would expect some retaliatory offer sheets heading Holmgrens way.

I don't think there is any reason to believe that Nashville is well-off financially. There is some merit to the argument that Nashville would want to make the cap floor, and needs some high-priced players to do so. But I'm sure they would rather sign players that are not earning 26M over the next 12 months, 24M guaranteed in signing bonuses, as is reported.

Nashville's operating income was believe to be $-7.5M (according to Forbes). Their gate revenue is just $30M. Of course they would say they will match any offer sheet, well, actually say it is their "intention" to match any offer sheet. But that doesn't mean they can (or should) do it from a financial standpoint.

I think it could go either way. With maybe a 60% chance Weber remains in Nashville.

It is a great move by Holmgren because it costs him nothing to try. If it works, it's a fantastic move! There could be some very minor backlash of retaliation, but I can't imagine that offsets landing Weber (if he does).

A man can be destroyed but not defeated.Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

I suppose what I am saying is that having been a moderator on a board much like this for a dozen or more years, thus reading threads from beginning to end on a fairly continual basis, the phenomenon, from my perspective, is not uncommon.

donlever wrote:I suppose what I am saying is that having been a moderator on a board much like this for a dozen or more years, thus reading threads from beginning to end on a fairly continual basis, the phenomenon, from my perspective, is not uncommon.

No worries.

I’m 1% sure that hockey withdrawal, salary envy, & being stuck in the office on a nice day is making me cranky.

Hopefully, it doesn’t develop into a case of uncontrollable shaking, followed by wild accusations of Canuck incompetence.